Managing Home Working: Practical Tips for Employers

The Employment Law & HR Podcast

In this episode 177 of the podcast I bring you my practical tips for managing home working. This follows episodes 174 and 175 about the introduction of hybrid working.

As many employers will be continuing with home working arrangements in the long term it is important to ensure that arrangements are made for the health, safety and wellbeing of the employee, and to ensure that supervision of the employee is effective and works for the business and employee.

At Real Employment Law Advice we have been home working from the start which made it much easier for us to continue working smoothly when lockdown happened, but it also means that we have several years experience to draw from on what works and what does not work.

In this episode of the podcast I cover:

• The importance of setting up home working arrangements correctly at the outset.
• Why you should have clear expectations of staff who work from home.
• The importance of a good quality job description and set of objectives or targets that are measurable.
• Why I recommend that you visit the employees home office for health and safety and security purposes.
• Some considerations when deciding on equipment and home office furnishings.
• How to ensure team spirit and working amongst a team who only work remotely.
• The importance of regular and purposeful communication with home workers.
• Some ideas on how you can recreate some of the conversations and connections that would normally happen if everyone worked together in an office.

You may also find it helpful to listen to episodes 174 and 175 if you are implementing hybrid working or a mixture of hybrid and full home working.

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